Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08
ABANDON DALLAS.
The Largest Pow Manufacturers In
the World Declare Fort Forth the
Railroad Center of Texas.
b. #. Avery & Sons of louisville, Ky,
VIII Move From! DEllasi to Fort
Worth at Once-GrOund Bought.

For sixty odd years the Avery plows
have been known to every farmer; where
civilization was, there, tee, was the Avery
pIow. So meritorious was the article
made by Avery & Sons that other manu-
facturers made On imitation Avery,
TIE business established at Louisville,
Ky, has steadily grown until to-day
/ 3. f. Avery 1, Sons own the largest pillow
( Banufact0ry in the world. Lately this
I firm has bought out the MiCkle PloW
I Works and the managers of the latter
/ concern are now il the employ of the
I Avervg As is well known, both Avery
4 & Sons and the Mickle PlOw Works have
/ for vears past had immense establish
meIts Ct Dallas, Tex, that city having
/ the general offices OF both concerns
] Their headquarters ia Texas. But B. +.
avery * Sons have not been satisfied late
" with the distributing facilities offered
by Dallas. They found that 20 per cent
Of goods shipped came to Fort Worth
where the goods we're distributed
over the many main lines Centering
here TO there destination. This STATE Of
affairs did not suit live concern like the
Ayerys and they set about preparing for
9 change Negotiations were opened by
the company with Fort Worth, and on
last Saturday Mr.. W. II. Coen, general
manager for B. +. Avery & Sons. and Mr.
!. +. Legler, both OF Louisville,
Nv, arrived IN Fort Worth
and held conference with q
number Of our business men. In twenty
minutes after the conference ended Mr.
Coen had purchased seven lots for his
principals, the ground adjoining the yards
OF tie Missouri Pacific Railway and being
IlI5N227 feet. A few minutes later the
names of Joseph II. Brown, j. p. Smith,
Robert Mozart and j. B. Mitchell
we're signed TO q contract with B. +.
AFery S Sons through their general man
8aer, Mr.. C0en, by which the Avery's
f6reed ST once to erect lsrge
Warehouses and shops at Fort Worth, to
move al their stock from Dallas to Fort
Worth, and Tor term of six wears at
least to make Fort Worth their Texas
Headquarters. The citizens on their part
agreed that certain side tracks should be
nut IN 10 the works and warehouses. Mr..
COen was strictly business and so were
the Fort Worth men, and so the matter
was quickly closed.
\ GAZETTE reporter found Messrs.
COen < Jegler few minutes later and
questioned Mr.. Coen as TO the reasons Of
the change Mr. CoeG answered that It
was simply q business proposition. Fort
Worth mad the distributing facilities and
competitive lines and Dallas had not
He had surveyed the Held, had
instituted diligent inquiry into { he mat
ter auG had determined that Fort Worth
Wss the better place for 8. +. Avery &
Sons 30 have their headquarters. Mr.
Coen said that Mr.. Legler would
become citizen of Fort
Worth and manage the company's
business here. Mr.. COen further stated
that the same business principles which
governed the move they We're making
would be followed by others, and in
short time Fort Worth would have ten or
twelve similar establishments MI Leg
Ter viii arrive in Fort Worth to-day ard
I ( the contracts for the buildings to be
erected.
1t is the intention OF the company to
ship vast quantities of their Cultivatlug
implements to Fort Worth, knocked
down, and : large force of mel will be
constantly employed here putting them
together, and some parts will even be
here. As stated before,
5Oth the B. I. Avery & Sons and Mickle
1lOW works establishments now in Dallas
will be moved to Fort Worth and here
after the business Of both will be con-
iucted in this city. 1t will only be a short
lime until The Dallas stock is shipped
acre and in few months vast additions
will be made from Louisville.
Fort Worth welcomes the Averys to
Ter confines, and the sound, practical !
ar-seeing business sense that sCtuRted
Mr.. CCen in this move demonstrates that
ne AveryS are fully abreast OF the times,
md their title Of "lergest plow manufac-
DRY in the world" will know no change
Welcome 10 B. +. Avery & Sons.